pomp and pageant ry today. we talked about how the monarch has a fundamental role, it in parliament, it s the monarch, house of lords and house of commons. the queen was exemplary leading that process. she never got involved in politics in any way, but she was able to keep the wheels turning, if you like, in parliament because that was her role and this was the first opportunity really for the lords and the members of the house of common sense to hear how the king would treat his role in parliament and he very much modelled himself on what the queen was doing previously, that was reassuring indeed if you look back on all the decades of the queen s reign. throughout her seven decades on the throne, queen elizabeth had a delicate and vital relationship with the government, despite an obligation to remain strictly neutral with respect to
well, just so you know in terms of choreography, now the king and queen consort are on their way to come to where you are in edinburgh for the procession to st. giles cathedral. that will be in a few hours. they re on their way to take that flight right now. in the meantime, how could you not be struck when the king acknowledged as max said and as elizabeth has said the weight of history. you know, i could only think of the great british rapper quoting shakespeare, heavy is the head that bears the crown. that is absolutely true. even if it is a ceremonial and constitutional role, which it is. you can be absolutely sure that every word that the king proclaims inside the democratic house of power, the parliament, has been approved not just by his political advisers and counselors but by the government as well. there was never a state opening of parliament that the queen delivered that was not written by the government. and that is their role.
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pledge yourself to uphold constitutional principles, that is that the king does not get involved in politics. the king said i cannot feel the weight of history and the vital parliamentary traditions and said of the queen, she set an example of selfless duty, i m resolved faithfully to follow. it s reassurance to the members of parliament there and the lords that he would uphold the constitution and the duties of the monarch in the way that his predecessor did. so, while there s lots of tradition and formal language, it s quite profound. i think everything the king said there was quite reassuring to everyone sitting in the ancient hall going back more than 900 years. elizabeth norton also joins us as well. elizabeth, welcome to the program. as max just pointed out, charles says he feels the weight of history and you don t need to imagine why. this is quite profound. it s incredibly historic.
right? a lot of that hangups that we have about his role as prince of wales, he could have sort of moved on from by taking a different name. i think so. but i think equally it s been his name now for 73 years. and i can see why he wants to hang on to it. i think charles iii can be very different to his predecessors. i m hopeful. i don t know whether you want to break and listen to the bag pipes. otherwise we can talk about her book, elizabeth s book called england s queens it s vital to talk about the women who have led this realm because they have been amongst the strongest monarchs, not just ceremonially but in terms of actually great eras of progress and growth. absolutely. christiane, we ll get elizabeth, we ll get to that in a moment as we watch here what s happening in london. everything is happening in london now. the king addressing parliament. it will soon be here in edinburgh where we are. the king is on his way here. we ll take a quick break and continue our conv